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Webster 1913 Edition

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(rāˊkĭ-ăl′jĭ-ȧ)

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ῥάχισ

backbone +

ἄλγοσ

pain.]

(Med.)

A painful affection of the spine; especially,

Pott’s disease

; also, formerly, lead colic.

rachialgia ‎(uncountable)

(medicine) A painful condition of the spine, especially Pott's disease or (formerly) lead colic.

From rachide +‎ -algia

rachialgia f ‎(plural rachialgie)